What a hater thread this is. Some of the guys on the list are going to be considered some of the best ever to play the position when they retire.

Shaun Alexander, Tony Gonzalez and Ray Lewis are over-rated? Hah. Give me a break. Tony and Ray are both shoe-ins for the hall and if Alexander can come back healthy, he'll make a case by the time he's done.

Yes a 2 time Defensive Player of the Year, a perennial Pro Bowler/All-Pro tight end, and a former MVP and rushing champ are certainly not overrated players. Not too mention I think McFarland and Law have a few Super Bowl rings that say maybe they are pretty good as well.

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On another note, Nicklas Backstrom is amazingly good.

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Meanwhile, in hockey the other night, the Washington Capitals' Eric Belanger gets hit with a stick, loses EIGHT teeth, has an instant root canal in the locker room, comes back out and PLAYS and never says boo.

So new rule, NBA: Unless you have a root canal at halftime, SHUT UP AND PLAY!

How Is Tony Romo overrated? Is he over hyped? YES but he isn't overrated he was top 5 in QB Rating. Then you have Merriman AND Ray Lewis OVERRATED! Wow! This list is HORRIBLE Ray Lewis is on of the Greatest MLB to play the game and Merriman had 16 Sacks. Warren Sapp hasn't been mentioned as one of the best DT in awhile. If you said Sapp was overrated 3 or 4 years ago but now no. Tony Gonzalez? Who is also one of the Greatest TE of All-Time is overrated? Yea he only had 1258, 905, and 900 Receiving Yards last three years and led the League in Receptions is overrated? ROFL!

Also, forgot to add that Shaun Alexander isn't overrated either. If anything he is still underrated but yea having a MVP isn't good enough. Yep I totally agree with you.LOL!!!!!!!

sorry if u got the wrong memo here about how i feel about these players i still think lot of these players are great. and someone being overated isnt a proven fact or anything its just ones opinion. i wouldnt flip out if someone said dawkins is overated, its there opinion and shouldnt be disrespected.

Oh great, another of the opinions can't be wrong crowd. I don't remember what the last thread was, but bearsfan sure put a dent in that theory. If anything, Woodson is UNDERRATED. Everyone said that he was finished, then he came to GB and had a hell of a year. Shaun Alexander used to be overrated, hell he was voted most overrated player in a poll of NFL players. But people aren't really talking about him being the best RB in the league anymore. Not all that many even say he is top 3, and some say he is top 5.

Mcfarland, Law, Alstott and Sapp aren't considered anywhere near the best at their position anymore. Tony Romo, overrated, no. Overhyped, hell yes. But no one calls him a top QB, YET.

Roy Williams=MOST OVERRATED PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE!!!

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For what he is now, Ray Lewis is incredibly overated. He really hasn't been very good since 2002 or 2003. Anybody that is honest with themselves or objectively watches football would admit that. He was spectacular in his prime, but he's a shell of what he used to be.

For what he is now, Ray Lewis is incredibly overated. He really hasn't been very good since 2002 or 2003. Anybody that is honest with themselves or objectively watches football would admit that. He was spectacular in his prime, but he's a shell of what he used to be.

He's still one of the top MLBs in the game. The year he won the Super Bowl he had one of the most dominating seasons ever for a defensive player.

First of all Bears' fans generally assume that a certain Bear middle linebacker is better then Ray anyway. Besides that, the reason for the "so-called" decline in his play is attributed to the fact that we don't run the defensive schemes that made him a great player. The schemes of Marvin Lewis are gone and now we have the mad scientist Rex Ryan who comes up with all kinds of schemes to take advantage of all the players on defense and not just Ray. Besides I for one am a Ray Lewis fan but I will say that he is still a top tier MLB, but he has declined from what he was. Of course the defense in which made him great is totally different from what our defense is today so its all give and take. Plus he doesn't have to be as dominant of a MLB with the talents of Bart Scott and Terrell Suggs in the linebacking core with him.

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On another note, Nicklas Backstrom is amazingly good.

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Meanwhile, in hockey the other night, the Washington Capitals' Eric Belanger gets hit with a stick, loses EIGHT teeth, has an instant root canal in the locker room, comes back out and PLAYS and never says boo.

So new rule, NBA: Unless you have a root canal at halftime, SHUT UP AND PLAY!

First of all Bears' fans generally assume that a certain Bear middle linebacker is better then Ray anyway. Besides that, the reason for the "so-called" decline in his play is attributed to the fact that we don't run the defensive schemes that made him a great player. The schemes of Marvin Lewis are gone and now we have the mad scientist Rex Ryan who comes up with all kinds of schemes to take advantage of all the players on defense and not just Ray. Besides I for one am a Ray Lewis fan but I will say that he is still a top tier MLB, but he has declined from what he was. Of course the defense in which made him great is totally different from what our defense is today so its all give and take. Plus he doesn't have to be as dominant of a MLB with the talents of Bart Scott and Terrell Suggs in the linebacking core with him.

at this point in their respective careers, you have to be kidding yourself if you think Ray Lewis is better than Brian Urlacher.